Melinda W. Polites

that does not mean they don’t exist

yes I am for 28 yrs.

secure the profession from what, exactly?  Rogue unregistered Landscape Architects?
 
If you have achieved a BLA you are already leagues above a Landscape Designer, who quite often got lucky with his lawn service business and now calls himself a Landscape Designer.  The same being true for an Interior Designer versus the Interior Decorator.  It…[Read more]

I definitely agree regarding LEED and the video is a bit extreme unless you’ve ever worked in a corporate Architectural office.  Having discovered net flix this summer using my son’s xbox I had to wonder why they would be mailing movies at all and then I heard them say they were phasing out ‘by mail’ service on NPR after I read about it in the paper.

When you mess with Mother Nature you always lose.  Heated sidewalks???? really?  Will be interested to see how it all works out.

I copied this to another post because it is sadly accurate.  http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7429337/
 

Shave it for the interview.  Beard it after you become well liked:)  considering it is not multiple tatoos or piercings they might feel lucky.

Have been in this profession for 30 yrs.  It has never been lucrative.  Only when everyone is rolling high do LAs seem to fair well, in the broad sense.  In hindsight I wish I had endured one more year of college and gotten that Masters in Urban Planning – seems to be more opportunities there.  I started out in the recession of the early 80’s and…[Read more]

Thanks, really.  It is very time intensive – not too mention what it has done to my hands- because I cut and drill and grout everything myself but the more I do, the smarter I get. There is a lot of passion in it.  My intent has been to create a catalog of work that would eventually be reproduced by others once I could get enough interest.  So wh…[Read more]